Content Gazette - December 2014 - 22

Subject: IEEE Signal Processing Cup 2015 at ICASSP2015
Call for Participation: IEEE Signal Processing Cup 2015
http://icassp2015.org/signal-processing-cup-2015/
Challenge: Heart Rate Monitoring During Physical Exercise Using Wrist-Type
Photoplethysmographic (PPG) Signals
For details of the competition project, please visit: www.zhilinzhang.com/spcup2015/
The IEEE Signal Processing Society organizes the SP Cup competition for undergraduates at
ICASSP2015. This competition aims to provide undergraduate students with the opportunity to form
teams and work together to solve a challenging and interesting real-world problem using signalprocessing techniques. Three teams will be selected to present their work, and the prizes will be awarded
at ICASSP 2015.
You are very welcome to participating in the competition. Please also help us to circulate this email to
other colleagues or students you know who may be interested in this competition.
Participation in the Competition:
Each team participating in the competition is to be composed of one faculty member (whose role is the
supervisor of the team members), at most one graduate student (who will assist the supervisor in
supervising the undergraduate team members), and at least 3 but no more than 10 undergraduates. At
least three of the undergraduate team members must be either IEEE SP members or student members.
Participating teams must submit their project by February 6, 2015. Each submission should include a
report, in the form of an IEEE conference paper, on the technical details of the methods used and the
results, as well as the programs developed (MATLAB is preferred). Participating teams must register to
join the competition by January 16, 2015. The online registration system will be open in September 2014.
By February 27, 2015, the best 3 teams will be identified to participate in the final competition at
ICASSP2015.
Important Dates:
January 16, 2015 (Friday): Team registration to join the SP Cup competition
February 6, 2015 (Friday): Submission deadline for participating teams
February 27, 2015 (Friday): Announcement of the best 3 teams
April 20, 2015: Final competition at ICASSP 2015
Team Prizes:
The champion:
$5,000
The first runner-up:
$2,500
The second runner-up: $1,500
Each team invited to ICASSP2015 will have their travel expenses supported by the SP Society. Each
team member is offered up to $1200 for continental travel, or $1,700 for intercontinental travel, and at
most 3 people from each team will be supported.
Enquiries:
Technical problems: zhilinzhang@ieee.org
General enquiry: sp-enq-spcup@ieee.org
Organizers:
Bio Imaging and Signal Processing Technical Committee (BISP TC)
IEEE SPS Student Services Committee
www.signalprocessingsociety.org
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DECEMBER 2014